FLOOD AND STORM WARNING SYSTEM IN VIETNAM
Orgnization of Flood and Storm Warning System
Institutional framework of flood and storm preparedness in central level
1. STORM / TROPICAL DEPRESSURE:
a. Warning procedure:
After receiving the Storm Bulletin (Observed storm, Remote Storm, Nearby Storm, Emergency Storm, Landing storm) from Department of Hydro- Meteorology, Standing Office of CCFSC will have actions as follows:
Observed Storm / Remote Storm:
Warning from CCFSC: Public Letter to the Committee of Flood and Storm Control (CFSC) of involved Ministries (Fishing, Transportation, Construction) and effected Provinces
Content:
- To provice the Storm information to offshore fishing boats in the sea and to warn for fishermen for active response.
- Follow the storm history and prepare alternatives to respond to any situation
Actions:
- Storm information and Public Letter will be updated and transmited by media (Viet Nam Television, Voice of Viet Nam, Local Television and Voice).
- CFSC of Ministries and effected provinces will watched closely strom information.
Nearby Storm:
Warning from CCFSC: Public Letter to the Committee of Flood and Storm Control (CFSC) of involved Ministries (Fishing, Transportation, Construction) and effected Provinces
Content:
- Prevent fishing boats from going to the sea; to warn the fishing boats in the sea to find shelters or escape storm-effected areas.
- Ensure the safety of peoples in low land, estuary, coastal area and aquaculture area.
- Execute measures for safety of dike system, structures under construction.
- Storm information and Public Letter will be updated and transmited by media (Viet Nam Television, Voice of Viet Nam, Local Television and Voice).
- CFSC of Ministries and effected provinces will watched closely strom information.
Actions:
- Provincial CFSC will inform the fishing boats in the sea that come back or find shelter or escape from storm-effected area; do not determinelly permit fishermen in the boat; arrange the plans to respond to the storm.
- Evacuate the hourseholds in high risk of landslide, flashflood.
- Storm information and Public Letter will be updated and transmited by media (Viet Nam Television, Voice of Viet Nam, Central and Local Daily Papers).
- CFSC of effected provinces will watched closely storm information.
Emergency Storm:
Warning from CCFSC: Public Letter to the Committee of Flood and Storm Control of Ministries and effected Provinces
Government Guidences: Public Letter to Central Committee of Flood and Storm Control (CCFSC), People’s Committee of effected provinces.
Content
Warning from CCFSC: As content of Public Letter for Nearby Storm.
Governemt Guidence: Giving concrete guidance to Central Committee of Flood and Storm Control, People’s Committee of effected provinces to respond the storm.
Actions:
Central Action:
- Organize the meeting including all members of CCFSC (Ministries), make the plan and assign the mission for each Ministry for storm response.
- Organize the groups to meet storm and guidence directly.
Provincial Action:
- Execute the content of Public letter of CCFSC and Government.
Landing storm
- CCFSC have watched closely storm history, updated the information from provincial report in order to respond all situation quickly and acurately.
- CFSC of effected Provinces must report quickly on the effected areas, updated data of damage to CCFSC.
b. Effectiveness:
- Giving the guidences quickly, accurately.
- Decreasing remarkable the damage of people and property.
Year |
2000 |
2001 |
2003 |
Items of Damage |
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Peoples |
|
|
|
Dead |
95 |
34 |
7 |
Missing |
3 |
|
|
Fishing boats |
49 |
1887 |
0 |
2. FLOOD IN MEKONG DELTA:
a. Warning Procedure:
After receiving the Flood Bulletin (Flood Level, discharge) from Department of Hydro- Meteorology and MeKong Committee, Standing Office of CCFSC will have actions as follows:
Warning from CCFSC: Public Letter to the Committee of Flood and Storm Control (CFSC) of involved Ministries (Fishing, Transportation, Construction) and effected Provinces
Content:
- Inform the flood water level at some station along MeKong River, analysis the increasing trend of flood level and inundation level in MeKong Deltal.
- Giving the guidence to CFSC of effected provinces to respond with flood.
Action:
- Inform the Flood water level and inundation level to people.
- Reinforce the embankment system to protect property of prople
- Harvesting the rice.
- Ensure the safety of peoples in low land
- Evacuate the peoples in high risk
- Storage of foods, medicine, …..
- Develop the safe places for children.
- Prevent the epidemic disease.
b. Effectiveness:
- Actively living and developing with flood
- Decreasing remarkable the damage of people and property, especialy for losses of children.
Loss of people and Properties from 2000 to 2002 in MeKong Delta
Year |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
Items of Damage |
|||
Peoples |
453 |
366 |
144 |
Children |
321 |
286 |
129 |
Rice (ha) |
30,400 |
8,400 |
226 |
Total Damage (Billion VND) |
3,800 |
1,500 |
360 |
ASSESSING SOCIAL VULNERABILITY TO FLOODS ON A SUBNATIONAL SCALE
DEFRA ENVIRONMENT AGENCY FLOOD AND COASTAL DEFENCE
DIRECTED FLOODROUTING FRAMEWORK FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS MIKLÓS MARÓTI
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